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Commercial Catch Limits

Pacific Halibut Catch Limits

Table 1A.

Catch limits of Pacific halibut by IPHC regulatory area (in thousands of pounds, net weight), 1980 - 1985. Regulatory area definitions as defined in the year and the definitions changed during this time series (see IPHC Technical Report No. 27).

Catch Limits

Regulatory Area

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

Area 2 (US waters)

3,200

2A1

200

200

200

300

500

Area 2 (Canadian waters)

6,100

2B

5,400

5,400

5,400

9,000

10,000

2C

3,400

3,400

3,400

5,700

9,000

Area 3

10,000

3A

13,0002

14,000

14,000

18,000

23,000

3B

2,0002

3,000

5,000

7,000

9,000

Area 4

1,000

1,000

1,500

4A

1,200

1,200

1,700

4B

800

1,000

1,300

4CD

600

4CDE

850

1,250

Total

20,300

25,000

27,500

30,600

43,050

55,750

1Area 2A catch limit is commercial only.

2 The Area 3 catch limit of 13.0 million pounds (11.0 = 3A; 2.0 = 3B) was raised mid-season to 15.0 million pounds to allow an August fishery in Area 3B.

Table 1B.

Catch limits of Pacific halibut by IPHC regulatory area (in thousands of pounds, net weight), 1986 - 1992. Regulatory area definitions as defined in the year and the definitions changed during this time series (see IPHC Technical Report No. 27).

Catch Limits

Regulatory Area

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

2A1

550

550

750

650

520

450

650

2B

11,200

11,500

12,500

10,000

7,800

7,400

8,000

2C

11,200

11,500

11,500

9,500

8,000

7,400

10,000

3A

28,100

31,000

36,000

31,000

31,000

26,600

26,600

3B

10,300

9,500

8,000

8,500

7,200

8,800

8,800

4A

2,000

1,750

1,900

1,800

1,500

1,700

2,300

4B

1,700

1,750

2,000

1,900

1,500

1,700

2,300

4CDE

1,350

1,275

1,500

1,300

1,100

1,300

1,730

Total

66,400

68,825

74,150

64,650

58,620

55,350

60,380

1 Area 2A includes commercial and treaty Indian catch limits in 1986 and 1987. Area 2A includes commercial, sport, and Treaty Tribe catch limits from 1988 to 1999.